Following the release of DJ Shadow and James Lavelle’s album Pysence Fiction, the two were spotlighted on MTV News 1515. This news clip offered up some of the music from U.N.K.L.E. including “The Knock: Drums of Death pt. 2,” which features Mike D’s vocals. James Lavelle stated that “Mike you know delivered his track during the… Hello Nasty recording (sessions in March 1998).”